FDA is issuing its long-awaited proposed rule on standards for licensing of third-party logistics providers and wholesale distributors under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). As expected (see 1708210034), the proposal’s definition of 3PLs includes only warehousing and 3PLs that take direct possession at a “facility,” exempting carriers engaged only in transportation from licensing requirements.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new safety standard for chests, dressers, wardrobes and other clothing storage units to address risks of injury and death associated with clothing storage units tipping over. The proposal would require clothing storage units (CSUs) to be tested for stability, exceed minimum stability requirements, and be marked and labeled with safety information, as well as bear a hang tag providing stability performance and technical data.
The Commerce Department on Jan. 21 issued a final scope ruling continuing to find "veneered panels" with only two layers of veneer are subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), and that their processing in Vietnam into plywood by adding face and back veneers does not substantially transform the panels into a product of Vietnam.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Jan. 26, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The Commerce Department issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping investigations on steel nails from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey (A-533-904, A-542-804, A-549-844, A-489-846) and countervailing duty investigations on steel nails from India, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey (C-533-905, C-523-817, C-542-805, C-549-845, C-489-847).
As the U.S. and several Pacific Rim allies move forward on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, countries will have the ability to sign onto portions of any agreement rather than being required to join it wholesale, said Timothy Brightbill, a lawyer with Wiley, during a webinar put on by the law firm Jan. 25.
Several notes to Chapter 84 see changes that result from the addition of new notes and the renumbering of existing ones. A new note 5 means current notes 5 through 8 are renumbered 6 through 9, and note 5(D) now refers to Note 5(C) instead of 6(C) as a result. A new note 10 is also added, and note 9 is renumbered 11. Note 2 to Chapter 84 now refers to note 11 of Chapter 84 rather than note 9, and its paragraphs are renumbered for clarity. Note 9(A), which has redesignated as 11(A), now refers to Notes 12(a) and 12(b). Subheading note 2 now refers to note 6(C) rather than 5(C). Heading 8486 and subheading 8486.40.00, which previously referenced note 9(C), now reference note 11(C).
Subheading 6802.10.00 for “tiles, cubes and similar articles” of stone is amended so it now covers such articles if “the largest face” can fit in a 7 cm square. Previously, the subheading had referred to “the largest surface area.”
Former subheading 5501.10, which covered synthetic fiber tow, of nylon or other polyamides, is deleted, and replaced by new separate subheadings 5501.11.00 for synthetic fiber tow of aramids, and subheading 5501.19.00 for “other” synthetic fiber tow of nylon or other polyamides. Both are dutiable at 7.5%.
Subheading 3907.2 for “other polyethers” (i.e., other than polyacetals) is subdivided to create new subheading 3907.21.00 for bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate, as well as new subheading 3907.29.00 for “other” “other polyethers.”